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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to  learn  of  the death of Maud R.
 4    Hylton of East Alton on Tuesday, February 18, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mrs. Hylton was born on May  2,  1902  in  White
 6    County, near Buffalo, Indiana, to Alfred Ranking and Lily Mae
 7    (Moore)   Renwick;  she  married  Lertie  Madison  Hylton  on
 8    December  3,  1921;  he  was  a  lawyer  with  the   Veterans
 9    Administration and he preceded her in death; and

10        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Hylton  graduated  from  Monticello  High
11    School  and  attended  Indiana University; she graduated from
12    Butler University; she and her husband lived in Indianapolis,
13    Indiana; Des Moines, Iowa; River Forest; and Great Neck,  New
14    York;  she  taught  high  school  in  Indiana  and Iowa; they
15    retired to East Alton in 1966; and

16        WHEREAS, Mrs. Hylton was a  member  of  St.  Paul  United
17    Methodist  Church  in Rosewood Heights; she also was a member
18    of the Wood  River  Garden  Club,  Wood  River  Woman's  Club
19    (American  Home), and the Niangua Chapter of the Daughters of
20    the American Revolution; and

21        WHEREAS, The passing of Mrs. Hylton has been deeply  felt
22    by  many,  especially her daughter and son-in-law, Judith and
23    Robert Pease; her two granddaughters and a spouse,  Kyle  and
24    Allan  Napp  and  Kym  Schmidt;  her  two grandsons and their
25    wives, Jeff and Gina Skjerseth and Jamie and Lisa  Skjerseth;
26    her  ten  great-grandchildren,  Ian,  Aiden,  and Grace Napp,
27    Tyler Ford, Jessica,  Meghan,  and  Gillian  Schmidt,  Jordyn
28    Finke,  and  Paul  and Abby Skjerseth; and her several nieces
29    and nephews; therefore, be it

30        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
31    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
 
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 1    of Maud R. Hylton and offer our sincerest condolences to  her
 2    family and friends; and be it further

 3        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 4    presented to the family of Maud R. Hylton  with  our  deepest
 5    sympathy.